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Episode #1 – Grow Some Thighs

You need to train your legs with heavy weights. Some people don’t. Those people will be quickly surpassed by those who do train the legs. Heavy.   Here are 2 points to apply to your training today and then a challenge to try. 1) You gotta train squats! Back squats and front squats to a box and any squatting variation where you can load the body with a heavy weight. The more you lift the stronger you get. Simple. Young athletes should to be taught to squat correctly, with no weight, and then must CONSTANTLY progress from an initial phase of low loading to the heights of their genetic potential. There is no point squatting light for long periods of time. Let me say this again and take a note! Learn the squat with a light weight, constantly up the weight on the bar, constantly work on maintaining good technique. Do this and you’ll become a great athlete.     2) Build some muscle!   Rugby players and others who must use their body as a weapon will benefit from building some quali

What I'm Working On

Hey guys! From next week onwards I hope to do a regular and daily web show from my gym. This promises to be an exciting new direction and I hope you all enjoy the process! Stay tuned for more... Anthony Shaw Raw Strength

4 Movements Guaranteed To Turn You Into A Beast

Do you want to improve at your sport? Do you want to throw your opponents around with ease? If so you need to complete workouts that challenge your entire body with heavy weights and use equipment that won’t let you lift it without a fight. With the level of competition these days, you need to bring something extra to the table. That something is the ability to move heavy AND awkward objects around, with ease. All strongman tools are great for improving this ability; tyres, farmers walk, sandbags, heavy hammers and sleds should all be a BIG part of your current training, as well as heavy strength training with the basics; squats, bench, deadlifts and pull-ups. Check out the video below……   When you workout with these tools you develop PHENOMENAL mental toughness and RUGGED strength to move resistance at all possible angles with every fibre in your body. When you face your opponent and you know that the workouts you regularly complete would break them in seconds it gives you one